Tasman National Park 27Jan07

Tasman National Park (Attempt 1) - Australia Day long weekend

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January 28th 2007
The Tasman National Park is in the far southeast of Tasmania, about an hour and a half's drive from Hobart. The Tasman Peninsula has the highest vertical seacliffs in Australia - it was the aim of our hike to see these (and hopefully not get blown off - they're 300 metre vertical cliffs!). We headed down to Fortescue Bay on the eve of Australia Day 07. For the second and final time, I made th ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Tasman Peninsula

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more